02:39 Black History In Two Minutes The Fisk Jubilee Singers: Perform the Spirituals and Save Their University blackhistorySeptember 20, 2019 December 23, 2022 Fisk University was founded in Nashville, Tenn. in 1866. As an institution for African-American students, their first years of incep... 034.2K Continue reading
02:44 Black History In Two Minutes Separate But Equal: Homer Plessy and the Case That Upheld the Color Line blackhistorySeptember 11, 2019 December 23, 2022 In June of 1882, a 30-year-old shoemaker by the name of Homer Plessy of New Orleans led a revolution that aimed to overturn Jim Crow... 027.8K Continue reading
02:47 Black History In Two Minutes Maya Angelou: 20th Century Renaissance Woman | Black History in Two Minutes (or so) blackhistorySeptember 5, 2019 December 23, 2022 Born as Marguerite Johnson in 1928, Maya Angelou is a 20th Century renaissance woman who was catapulted into international fame with... 013.8K Continue reading
02:30 Black History In Two Minutes Reconstruction: The Vote | Black History in Two Minutes (or so) blackhistoryMay 16, 2019 December 23, 2022 After the Civil War, the Reconstruction era brought about hope and change in the form of citizenship and equality in America. Black... 094.2K Continue reading
02:17 Black History In Two Minutes Madame C.J. Walker: The First Black Millionairess | Black History in Two Minutes (or so) blackhistoryMay 16, 2019 December 23, 2022 One of the pioneers of the hair care industry is an African-American woman named Sarah Breedlove. After becoming a widow at the age... 013.8K Continue reading
02:07 Black History In Two Minutes Convict Leasing | Black History in Two Minutes or So blackhistoryMay 16, 2019 December 23, 2022 Although the 13th Amendment passed the Senate in 1864 and the House in 1865, the loopholes that exist continue to wreak havoc on the... 027.3K Continue reading